published Oct 18, 2017, 8:20:04 AM, by Agnieszka de Sousa and Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) — The success of modern farmers has become the misery of traders at the world’s biggest agriculture merchants. Profits are shrinking as years of bumper harvests sap volatility and trading opportunities, forcing companies to tighten their

published Oct 18, 2017, 6:01:00 PM, by Lucy Meakin (Bloomberg) — A day after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney was grilled on the gender pay gap, new data showed that women are driving Britain’s jobs boom. Women accounted for 246,000 of the 317,000 increase in total employment over the

published Oct 18, 2017, 4:35:55 PM, by Christopher Martin and Brian Eckhouse (Bloomberg) —The U.S. solar industry has enlisted one of President Donald Trump’s best media friends for a campaign against import tariffs: Sean Hannity. Hannity voiced an advertisement asserting that tariffs on solar imports would threaten jobs in the

published Oct 17, 2017 9:51:25 AM, by Zachary Tracer (Bloomberg) — UnitedHealth Group Inc., the U.S.’s biggest health insurer, said it’s excited about the the chance to sell health plans President Donald Trump is promoting as alternatives to Obamacare. Last week, Trump signed an executive order promoting short-term health insurance

published Oct 17, 2017 1:19:20 PM, by Tyler Cowen (Bloomberg View) — If we think through the North Korea nuclear weapons dilemma using game theory, one aspect of the problem deserves more attention, namely the age of the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un: 33. Because peaceful exile doesn’t appear to

published Oct 17, 2017 8:25:26 PM, by Ting Shi (Bloomberg) — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned of “severe” challenges Wednesday, as he kicked off a twice-a-decade party meeting that may signal if he will appoint a successor to rule after 2022. Xi started the week-long event this morning with what’s

published Oct 16, 2017 4:13:32 PM, by Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg) — From Germany to Brazil, Netflix Inc. stormed ahead in its drive to create a global television network, scoring the video-streaming provider’s best third quarter on record and sending the shares to a new high. Shows such as thriller “Ozark,” starring

published Oct 16, 2017 2:52:19 PM, by Tim Ross (Bloomberg) —U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government fears Brexit talks will break down unless the European Union gives ground at a key summit this week, according to a person familiar with her team’s views. Without a clear sign that negotiations will

published Oct 10, 2017, 5:45:09 AM, by Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) —Robert Morris was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the chief financier of the American Revolution, the superintendent of finance (Treasury secretary, basically) of the early republic, one of Pennsylvania’s first two U.S. senators, and, for a time,

published Oct 15, 2017, 3:00:01 PM, by Lianting Tu and Carrie Hong (Bloomberg) —In China, bankers and traders don’t just hit the phones or send an email when they have a deal to sell. They take to WeChat. Regulators elsewhere may be clamping down on the financial industry’s use of